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era *‘manifests some inclination neous 
Harefield” ; and later (vi. 544, 1863) writes that Impatiens glanduli- 
to be one of our spontane 
expects the plant of the Colne to be this species. It is n 
the same plant to which Mr. Grindon (Manchester Flora, 99 (1859) ) 
refers to as ‘‘ Impatiens coccinea’’—which he describes as ‘‘a tall 
and weedy plant, with flowers of a dull red colour, rapidly dissemi- 
nating itself, growing, like its congeners, ever a seed is 
dro .’ Mr. Grindon wrote to me in 1864 :— 
‘*T have seen it within the last four or five years in various parts 
of England; and on enquiry who sowed it, or where it came from, 
no one knew. Many town gardens in Manchester and the neigh- 
bourhood contain it; not sown, the people tell me. I have seen it 
under the same circumstances at the sea-side places on the coast of 
Lancashire, especially at Lytham, and also not far from the famous 
old habitat of the American (inothera biennis. No one would grow 
the plant for its beauty, for it is a cumbersome and weedy thing at 
the best’’ (see Naturalist, ii. 49 (1865) ). 
itions. 
T have not had an opportunity of comparing living specimens, but, 
so far as the figures enable one to judge, Sir Josep oker’s var. 
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June 6th I abundant growth of E. brevipila o : 
between Swanage and Studland, Dorset; apparently not previously 
noted for this coun any wi nd 
Two or three other forms were obtained, but were too young for 
satisfactory determination.—A. B. Jackson. 
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